Eurovision Song Contest 1976

21st Eurovision Song Contest
date	April 3, 1976
Host country	Netherlands
venue	Nederlands Congresgebouw , The Hague
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Corry Brokken
Pause filler	Dutch Swing College Band
participating countries	18th
winner	United Kingdom
Returning participants	Greece , Austria
Withdrawn participants	Malta , Sweden , Turkey
Voting rule	In each country a jury awards 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 points and 1 point to the ten best songs.
◄ ESC 1975 • ESC 1977 ►

The 21st Eurovision Song Contest - officially the Eurovisie Song Festival 1976  - took place on April 3, 1976 in The Hague , the seat of government in the Netherlands . The event, in which 18 countries took part after the withdrawal of Malta , Sweden and Turkey and the return of Greece and Austria, was moderated by Corry Brokken , who herself took part in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1956 , 1957 and 1958 and even in 1957 could win. The winners of this event were the British formation Brotherhood of Man with the title Save Your Kisses for Me, which is the best-selling contest entry of all time with six million records sold. Second place went to Cathérine Ferry for France , while Monaco took third place.

particularities

Moderator Corry Brokken

In the German preliminary decision, which took place under the title Ein Lied für Den Haag , Tony Marshall was actually able to prevail with the title Der Star , but this was later disqualified because it dates from 1973. That's why the second-placed Les Humphries Singers were allowed to drive to The Hague with the Sing Sang Song . The group, however, could not break the streak of bad luck in Germany and only came in 15th. For the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Jürgen Marcus, a German singer, started with Chansons pour ceux qui s'aiment ("Songs for those who love each other") - or in the German-language version The Tingler plays for all of you - but it only took 14th place.

The other two German-speaking countries, Switzerland and Austria, each sang in English and thus had more success. The Austrian duo Waterloo & Robinson took fifth place with My Little World , while the Swiss trio Peter, Sue & Marc came fourth with Djambo, Djambo .

Malta had carried out a preliminary decision for this competition, which, as in 1974, was won by the singer Enzo Guzman. However, as in 1974, participation was withdrawn shortly before the competition. Guzman should have represented the island nation with the song Sing Your Song, Country Boy .

Liechtenstein also tried to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest. The song Little Cowboy by the singer Biggi Bachmann was selected in Vaduz in November 1975 . However, the EBU did not allow Liechtenstein because it did not have its own television station.

Turkey (not participating) broadcast the competition on Turkish television, but interrupted the live broadcast when the Greek contribution was shown to broadcast the Turkish song "Memleketim" (My Country) instead. The Turkish government had already tried to intervene at the Dutch Foreign Ministry beforehand to prevent Greece from participating in the short term, as the song was "anti-Turkish propaganda".

Attendees

participating countries

Countries that had participated in a previous ESC, but not in 1976

Although Austria and Greece participated again, the number of participants decreased to 18, as this time Malta, Sweden and Turkey did not send a song to The Hague. Swedes, who had won only two years earlier with ABBA's " Waterloo ", officially justified their absence with the inferior music of the competition, for which there was no place on Swedish television.

Voting procedure

The same voting procedure from the previous year was applied. In each country there was an eleven-member jury, which initially determined the ten best songs internally. Then the individual juries awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 points and 1 point to these ten best songs.

Placements

space	Start number	country	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Points	image
01.	01	United Kingdom	Brotherhood of Man	Save Your Kisses for Me M / T: Tony Hiller, Lee Sheriden, Martin Lee	English	Save your kisses for me	164
02.	17th	France	Catherine Ferry	Un, deux, trois M: Tony Rallo; T: Jean-Paul Cara	French	One two Three	147
03.	16	Monaco	Mary Cristy	Toi, la musique et moi M: André Popp; T: Boris Bergman	French	You, the music and me	093
04th	02	Switzerland	Peter, Sue & Marc	Djambo, Djambo M: Peter Reber ; T: Rolf Zuckowski	English	-	091
05.	14th	Austria	Waterloo & Robinson	My Little World M / T: Gerhard Heinz	English	My little world	080
06th	04th	Israel	Chocolate Menta Mastik שוקולד מנטה מסטיק	Emor shalom (אמור שלום) M: Matti Caspi ; T: Ehud Manor	Hebrew	Say hello'	077
07th	13	Italy	Al Bano & Romina Power	We'll Live It All Again (Io rivivrei) M: Detto Mariano; T: Romina Power , Albano Carisi	English, Italian	We'll see it all over again	069
08th.	06th	Belgium	Pierre Rapsat	Judy et cie M: Pierre Rapsat ; T: Eric van Hulse	French	Judy & Co.	068
09.	08th	Netherlands	Sandra Reemer	The Party Is Over M / T: Hans van Hemert	English	The party is over	056
10.	07th	Ireland	Red Hurley	When M / T: Brendan J. Graham	English	If / When (double meaning, also as a play on words in the lyrics)	054
11.	11	Finland	Fredi & Friends	Pump-Pump M: Vexi Salmi ; T: Matti Siitonen	English	-	044
12.	15th	Portugal	Carlos do Carmo	Uma flor de verde pinho M: José Niza; T: Manuel Alégre	Portuguese	A green pine flower	024
13.	10	Greece	Mariza Koch Μαρίζα Κωχ	Panaghia mou, panaghia mou (Παναγιά μου, Παναγιά μου) M: Mariza Koch; T: Michael Fotiades	Greek	My all saints , my all saints (Holy Mary )	020th
14th	05	Luxembourg	Jürgen Marcus	Chansons pour ceux qui s'aiment M: Jack White ; T: Fred Jay , Vline Buggy	French	Songs for those who love each other	017th
15th	03	BR Germany	Les Humphries Singers	Sing Sang Song M: Ralph Siegel ; T: Kurt Hertha	German	Singsong song	012
16.	12	Spain	Braulio	Sobran las palabras M / T: Braulio Antonio García Bautista	Spanish	Words are superfluous	011
17th	18th	Yugoslavia	Ambasadori	Ne mogu skriti svoju bol M: Slobodan Vujović; T: Slobodan Djurasović	Bosnian	I can't hide my pain	010
18th	09	Norway	Anne-Karine Strøm	Mata Hari M: Frode Thingnæs; T: Philip A. Kruse	English	-	007th

Scoring

United Kingdom Scoring Map by Country for the Winning Title

Sustaining land		Forgiving country
country	Total	GBR	SUI	GER	ISR	LUX	BEL	IRL	NLD	NOR	GRC	FIN	ESP	ITA	AUT	POR	MCO	FRA	YUG
United Kingdom	164	-	12	8th	12	8th	12	3	10	12	12	10	12	4th	10	12	10	7th	10
Switzerland	091	12	-	5	4th	1	7th	1	6th	10	2	7th	4th		8th	7th	4th	6th	7th
BR Germany	012		2	-		2	1						2					2	3
Israel	077	6th	7th	3	-	7th	5	4th	2	7th		8th	1	10	6th	2	1		8th
Luxembourg	017th					-	6th	6th	5
Belgium	068	7th	6th		1		-		4th	6th		12		8th	3	8th	8th	5
Ireland	054	10		1	3	3		-			8th		5	12	2		6th	3	1
Netherlands	056		4th	4th	8th	4th	4th	2	-	1	7th		3	2	4th	6th	2		5
Norway	007th								3	-						4th
Greece	020th						2				-	4th		5		1		8th
Finland	044	2		6th	6th			5	1	4th		-	6th		7th		7th
Spain	011	3									1		-	3			3	1
Italy	069	1	8th		2			12		3	10	6th		-	1	10		10	6th
Austria	080	4th	3	10	10	5	3	10	7th	2	6th	5	8th		-		5		2
Portugal	024					6th					4th	1		1		-		12
Monaco	093	5	5	7th	7th	12	8th	8th	8th	5		2	7th	7th	5	3	-		4th
France	147	8th	10	12	5	10	10	7th	12	8th	5	3	10	6th	12	5	12	-	12
Yugoslavia	010		1	2							3							4th	-

* The table is arranged vertically according to the order of appearance, horizontally according to the chronological scoring. During the vote, the French points spokesman André Claveau forgot to read out the awarding of the 4 points by the jury, which should go to Yugoslavia. This was only corrected after the vote.

See also

• List of winners and events of the Eurovision Song Contest

Web links

• Eurovision.tv
• Eurovision.de
• diggiloo.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wahrgehn.de  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ "Schlager-Politik", Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , April 7, 1976, p. 24.
3. ^ "Grand Prix Eurovision: Sweden no longer takes part", Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , September 22, 1975, p. 20.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Video recording of Dutch television
5. ↑ ^{a b c d} Tschajk Freiberg Tu te reconnaîtras - The Story of Euro Vision . Self-published, Bergen 2006